empuse

English

Etymology

Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpjuːz/

Noun

empuse (plural empuses)

(obsolete) A phantom; ghost; spectre.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
  But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead

References

“empuse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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